Research Bio
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dr. Friedman's research focuses on the health and health care of older persons, especially those with disabilities or depression. He is particularly interested in the effects of primary care affiliated nurse home visiting interventions on patient satisfaction and empowerment, health and disability status, and healthcare services use and expenditures. A second area of special interest is consumer-directed care for Medicare beneficiaries.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: Dr. Friedman's current research is focused in three areas: (1) major depression and its effects on healthcare services use by older persons, (2) emergency department use in later life, and (3) oral health in old age.
Dr. Friedman is the Principal Investigator of the Department's T32 Institutional Health Services Research Training Program funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). He has extensive experience in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of three Medicare demonstration programs, and has been the Research Director of the Medicare Primary and Consumer-Directed Care Demonstration for the past ten years.
2011 Feb 1
Xian Y, Holloway RG, Noyes K, Shah MN, Friedman B. "Racial differences in mortality among patients with acute ischemic stroke: an observational study." Annals of internal medicine. 2011 Feb 1; 154(3):152-9. |
2011 Jan 26
Xian Y, Holloway RG, Chan PS, Noyes K, Shah MN, Ting HH, Chappel AR, Peterson ED, Friedman B. "Association between stroke center hospitalization for acute ischemic stroke and mortality." JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association. 2011 Jan 26; 305(4):373-80. |
2010 Aug
Simning A, Richardson TM, Friedman B, Boyle LL, Podgorski C, Conwell Y. "Mental distress and service utilization among help-seeking, community-dwelling older adults." International psychogeriatrics / IPA. 2010 Aug 0; 22(5):739-49. Epub 2010 May 18. |
2010 Feb
Xian Y, Pan W, Peterson ED, Heidenreich PA, Cannon CP, Hernandez AF, Friedman B, Holloway RG, Fonarow GC, . "Are quality improvements associated with the Get With the Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease (GWTG-CAD) program sustained over time? A longitudinal comparison of GWTG-CAD hospitals versus non-GWTG-CAD hospitals." American heart journal. 2010 Feb 0; 159(2):207-14. |
2010
Fan, L., Shah, MN.; Veazie, P.; Friedman, B. "Factors Associated with Emergency Department Use Among the Rural Elderly. NIHMSID: NIHMS224179." Journal of Rural Health. 2010; . |
